Bishop of Basingstoke

The Bishop of Basingstoke is an episcopal title used by a suffragan bishop of the Church of England Diocese of Winchester, in the province of Canterbury, England.[1] The title takes its name after the town of Basingstoke in Hampshire. The see was vacant since the translation of Peter Hancock to the Bishop of Bath and Wells on 4 March 2014;[2] on 26 June 2014, it was announced that David Williams, Vicar of Christ Church Winchester, was to be consecrated Bishop of Basingstoke. Williams assumed the role on 19 September 2014 at a consecration service at Winchester Cathedral.[3]

List of bishops

Bishops of Basingstoke
From	Until	Incumbent	Notes
1973	1977	Colin James	(1926–2009) Translated to Wakefield, and later to Winchester
1977	1993	Michael Manktelow	(1927–2017)
1994	2001	Geoffrey Rowell	(1943–2017) Translated to Gibraltar in Europe
2002	2009	Trevor Willmott	(b. 1950) Translated to Dover
2010	2014	Peter Hancock	(b. 1955)[2][4] Translated to Bath and Wells
2014	Present	David Williams	(b. 1961) Formerly Vicar of Christ Church, Winchester[3]
Source(s):[1]

References

1. Crockford's Clerical Directory (100th ed.). London: Church House Publishing. 2007. p. 945. ISBN 978-0-7151-1030-0.
2. Diocese of Bath and Wells – Bishop's Synod address (24 March 2014) Archived 27 March 2014 at the Wayback Machine & Welcome to Christ Church Winchester, 9 March 2014 Archived 27 March 2014 at the Wayback Machine (both accessed 4 April 2014)
3. Diocese of Winchester – A new Bishop for Basingstoke Archived 2014-06-26 at Archive.today (Accessed 26 June 2014)
4. Number 10 — See of Basingstoke

External links

• Crockford's Clerical Directory - Listings